state medicinal plant board, kerala deaprtment of health & family welfare govt. of kerala
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STATE MEDICINAL PLANT BOARD, KERALASTATE MEDICINAL PLANT BOARD, KERALADEAPRTMENT OF HEALTH & FAMILY WELFAREDEAPRTMENT OF HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE
GOVT. OF KERALAGOVT. OF KERALA
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ABOUT KERALA
Geographical area 38,836.00sq.km
Recorded forest area 1.12 million Hectares
(28.87% of land area)
Density of population 819 person/Sq. km
No. of registered Ayurvedaunit
750 Licensed1000 unregistered
Recorded flora 4527 sp.
Flora for Medicinal use 550 sp. approximate
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ABOUT RAW MATERIALSNo. of Medicinal plants used in Ayurveda industry in Kerala
450 Sps.
No. of Medicinal plants used largely in Medicinal manufacturing units ( approximate)
140 sps
Annual consumption of raw drugs ( approximate) 25,000 tones
Details of Raw materials collection
Forest area 44.94%
Non Forest area 14.31%
Both Forest & Non Forest area 19.78%
Cultivation 13.58%
Imported ( out side of Kerala) 7.39%
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ABOUT RAW MATERIALCOLLECTION
• Only 7% of items is obtained from cultivated sources .
• Main collection is from the wild.• Uncontrolled collection• Unscientific and at times destructive
harvesting• Resource is depleting.• Demand is increasing
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ABOUT CULTIVATION
• Use of Herbs , Shrubs , Climbers, Trees by industry
• Large scale commercial cultivation yet to catch up • Private cultivation mainly of annuals • Standard techniques of cultivation of many species
not developed• Availability of quality planting material is a
limitation .• Economics of planting of many species not
available
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AVAILABILITY. Industry in need of large quantity of Raw
Materials
• Roots , bark, stem, leaves , flowers and fruits are used
• Demand is increasing.
• Resource base can not cater to the demand unless alternate sources found out .
• Annuals by and large made available from different sources
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AVAILABILITY• Raw drugs from trees very scarce • Many trees are in the Red Listed Category like.
Saraca asoca, Aegle marmelose, Pterocarpus santalinus , Oroxylum indicum, Salacia oblonga, Garcinia gummi-gutta,Terminalia arjuna, Santalum album, Symplococos racemosa etc.
• All these are widely used for medicine preparation .
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PROBLEMS • Annuals and perennials equally important .
• While Cultivation of annuals is preferred
by individuals very few cultivates trees.
Large scale tree cultivation must for survival of Ayurveda industry in its present form .
• Long gestation of tree crops unattractive to individuals .
• Only Govt. Dept. may alone support tree crops cultivation .
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SOME SOLUTIONS • Present cultivation Technique of trees needs
review.
• Closer espacement planting to be tried .
• Harvesting of roots by rotation through trench
methods.
• Introduction of techniques to encourage growth of roots , thick foliage etc to be tried through appropriate soil conditioning.
• High yielding fast growing species to be identified through Research .
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MARKETINGMARKETING
• Lack of clear economics on Medicinal plant cultivation.
• Unreliable market.
• Unorganised market.
• Exploitation by middle man.
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STORAGE & HARVESTING STORAGE & HARVESTING
• Some guideline by Dabur / WWF Trafic India for storage .
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Acceptability• Traditional harvest / materials preferred by
industry.• Acceptability of parts from short rotation crops
not sure .• Adequate Research not available • Research on large no of species simultaneously
not feasible at the moment. • Quality parameters quite vague .• Available methods to increasing productivity
using Hormones may have side effect.